This program is about 1 hour long
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Senator John Kerry's announcement that Senator John Edwards will be his running mate reported. [KERRY - speaks about Edwards.]
(Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania: Carl Cameron) The team of Kerry & Edwards featured; details given about Edwards, who is expected to add charisma to & re-energize Kerry’s campaign; scenes shown of Kerry on the campaign trail.
(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(White House: James Rosen) The reaction of President Bush's camp to the Edwards selection featured; Republican National Committee Website quoted; details given of the administration’s attacks against Edwards; Bush’s new TV campaign ad shown. [BUSH – welcomes Edwards.] [Senator Bill FRIST†- calls Edwards the fourth-most liberal person in Washington.]
(Studio: Shepard Smith) The reaction of former President Bill Clinton to the Edwards selection reported. [CLINTON – comments on the possibility that his wife Senator Hillary Clinton was an option for Kerry.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(Baghdad: Greg Palkot) The day’s events in Iraq reviewed; details given about the Salvation Movement, which has threaten to kill top terror leader Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi†† if he doesn’t leave the country, a suicide car bombing near Baghdad, and the reported release of US Marine Cpl. Wassef Hassoun.
(Studio: Shepard Smith) A “New York Times” report suggesting that the CIA failed to give President Bush all the information they had about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction program reported. [British Prime Minister Tony BLAIR – says the detainment of suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay must come to an end at some point.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The ongoing Spanish investigation into the Madrid train bombings updated.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The filing of a lawsuit by the attorney of Al Qaeda suspect Jose Padilla, challenging his detention, reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(Redwood City, California: Claudia Cowan) The day’s events in the trial of Scott Peterson for the murder of his wife, Laci, featured; details given about the testimony of polygraph expert Douglas Mansfield regarding his interview with Scott and the expected testimony of Scott’s mistress Amber Frey; courtroom sketches shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The filing of a lawsuit against an Arab bank accused of laundering Saudi funds to finance terrorist attacks in Israel reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The decision by the Department of Homeland Security to delay its release of new figures on the success of new port security laws reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The reopening of a meatpacking plant in Kansas City, Kansas, days after a worker’s deadly shooting spree, reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The efforts by firefighters near Payson†, Arizona, to save a multi-million dollar observatory from a massive wildfire reported; scenes shown of the fire.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The damages caused by severe weather across the Midwest reported; scenes shown of heavy flooding and downed trees in Buchanan County, Iowa, & St. Matthews, Kentucky.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The bankruptcy of the Catholic Church in Portland, Oregon, due to priest sex abuse lawsuits, reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The announcement that the unclaimed winning ticket in the 290 million dollar Mega Millions jackpot was sold in Lowell, Massachusetts, noted.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) A study suggesting that stress leads women to eat fattier snacks noted.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The rescue in East St. Louis, Illinois, of a man whose truck became stuck in flood waters; the display of a large triceratops skull at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science; the status of three amputees who decided to bicycle across America; and the preparations for baseball’s All-Star FanFest in Houston reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(Baghdad: Greg Palkot) Terrorists’ use of a homemade video, which shows attacks against coalition forces in Iraq, as a recruiting tool examined; details given about the contents of the video; excerpts shown. [“Time” magazine reporter Michael WARE†- analyses the video.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(New York City: Jonathan Hunt) The newest developments in the corruption investigation at the U.N. featured; details given about an office fight between two female U.N. employees and the subsequent pay-off offered to the instigator, which has been suspected as a way to keep her silent about the ongoing scandal; statement by U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric de la Riviere† quoted.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The finding from a U.N. panel that Internet “spammers” could be fully eliminated in less than two years noted.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The average price of crude oil; monthly consumer & economic figures; and the possible pay cuts facing Delta Air Lines pilots reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Research finding that drinking a glass of milk everyday can reduce the risk of developing colorectal cancer, a study finding that soy protein is not an adequate substitute for female hormone replacement to treat menopause symptoms, and a study published in the journal “Pediatrics” finding that children’s over-the-counter cough medications do not reduce nighttime coughs reported.
(Seattle: Dan Springer) The controversy over a voter initiative in Oregon that would expand the amount of medical marijuana a person could possess featured; details given about the initiative, which would allow the state to regulate dispensaries & require counties health departments to sale marijuana, if no other dispensary existed. [Medical marijuana patient Josh MORGAN†, initiative sponsor John SABO†, Benton County district attorney Scott HEISER†- offer differing opinions on the initiative.]
(Studio: Shepard Smith) The release of a U.N. report on the record number of new HIV cases noted.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The Department of Homeland Security’s figures on the success of new port security laws reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The death of Australian President Thomas Klestil††, who collapsed at his home yesterday from heart failure, reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(London: Greg Burke) A memorial to the life of Princess Diana seven years after her death featured; scenes shown from London’s Hyde Park of the royal family & the Spencer family at the fountain. [Queen ELIZABETH - remembers Diana.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The possible threat against Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon from Israeli extremists, the arrival in Israel of IAEA head Mohammed El Baradei††, who has requested to inspect the country’s nuclear weapons facilities, and the disagreement between Secretary of State Colin Powell and the Israeli foreign minister over West Bank outposts; scenes shown of clashes between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian militants in the West Bank.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The ruling by a U.N. tribunal that former Yugoslavian President Slobodan Milosevic, who is facing various war crimes charges, is fit to stand trial, reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The damages caused by massive flooding in Taiwan, resulting from last week’s typhoon; presidential election results in Indonesia; a flock of Lilliputian chickens in Lithuania; and the arrival of the Olympic torch in Istanbul, Turkey, reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The status of cyclist Lance Armstrong in his bid to win the Tour de France reported; scenes shown of celebration in Athens in honor of the country’s surprise in the European soccer championships.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(Atlanta: Jonathan Serrie) The debate over the issue of taxation of imported furniture, which is at the center of a trade dispute between the US & China, featured; details given about a preliminary federal investigation, which found some Chinese companies are selling beds to the US under fair market value, and the US government’s decision to impose import duties against those companies. [Furniture store owner John BASSETT†, Ferris, Baker, & Watts’ Jerry EPPERSON†, City Furniture President Keith KOENIG†- offer differing opinions on the import duties.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The announcement by actor Sean Connery that he is writing his autobiography; the funeral plans for actor Marlon Brando; the selection of actor Ving Rhames†† to star in USA’s “Kojak” remake; the eventful vacation of actor Jim Caviezel, who played Jesus in the movie “The Passion of the Christ”; the decision by the Milk Processing Education Program to drop Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen from its ad campaign; the announcement that the life of a convicted German cannibal will be made into a film; and the mistake made by the “New York Post” by wrongly reporting that Senator John Kerry chose Representative Dick Gephardt as his vice presidential running mate reported; scenes shown.
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